Hair to sue - report

Umpire Darrell Hair is to sue the International Cricket Council and Pakistan Cricket Board for racial discrimination, according to the BBC.

The International Cricket Council decided in November that the Australian umpire would not be selected for international matches involving full members - the 10 major Test-playing nations.

According to the BBC, Hair claims the PCB "unlawfully induced" the ICC to ban him last year and the ICC would not comment on the report.

Hair was at the centre of last summer's historic forfeited Test match between England and Pakistan at The Oval when the tourists staged a sit-in protest at the decision of Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove to replace the match ball, effectively accusing them of illegal tampering.

Pakistan's refusal to take the field eventually resulted in the Test becoming the first ever to be forfeited.

Hair then offered to resign as an elite umpire in return for US dollars 500,000, while Pakistan were later cleared of ball tampering at an ICC hearing.

While fellow umpire, West Indian Billy Doctrove, has returned to the game Hair has not stood in a Test match since, but will umpiring the ICC World Cricket League Division One final between Kenya and Scotland in Nairobi.